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Diabetes-Related Autoantibodies and Gestational Diabetes
27 Jun 2007
Abstract excerpt
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) has long been recognized as a heterogeneous disorder (1,2), with autoimmunity against the β-cell contributing in a small subset of patients (3). Autoimmune diabetes is caused by the destruction of β-cells of pancreatic islets by an immune-mediated process, promoted by the interaction of genetic and environmental factors (4). Autoantibodies (AAs) against pancreatic β-cell...
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